This applies to a lot of things. I actually feel like the constraints on supply in my childhood enabled me to experience a wider range of media than I otherwis

This applies to a lot of things. I actually feel like the constraints on supply in my childhood enabled me to experience a wider range of media than I otherwise might have. Sure, I read a lot of crappy books and terrible TV ( or good stuff that is outside my immediate interests) back then because there wasn't anything else but that in of itself was an experience. That's lost when I can pick anything and just drop anything that doesn't have the right genre and is 5 star on whatever rating service I used.